116-59 ); enactment of a second continuing resolution on November 21, 2019 ( P.L.. 116-6 ), which was enacted on February 15, 2019.. 116-69 ); and enactment of FY2020 appropriations for the judiciary in the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act ( P.L.. 3351 , H.Rept.. According to the U.S.. Appropriations for the judiciary comprise approximately 0.2% of total budget authority.. By law, the judicial branch appropriations request is submitted to the President and included in the budget submission without change.. Consequently, the judiciary was funded from November 22, 2019, through December 20, 2019, by the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020.. Consequently, the judiciary was funded through November 21, 2019, by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020.. Courthouse.". Discretionary Appropriations in Recent Years

				FY2019

FY2019 judiciary funding was provided in Division D, Title III, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ( P.L.. It contained a request for $8.29 billion in new budget authority for judicial branch activities, including $7.62 billion in discretionary funds and $669.8 million in mandatory funding for judges' salaries and judicial retirement accounts.. It was signed by the President on December 20, 2019.. Selected Courts Not Funded by the Judiciary Budget

Three specialized courts within the federal court system are not funded under the judiciary budget: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (funded in the Department of Defense appropriations bill), the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (funded in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill), and the U.S. Tax Court (funded under Independent Agencies, Title V of the FSGG bill).. The $7.51 billion in discretionary funding recommended for the judiciary represents approximately 31% of the total $24.55 billion in discretionary funding included in the entire FSGG appropriations bill (which also funds such entities as the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Administration).. The act passed the House on December 17, 2019, and the Senate on December 19, 2019.. The first section of this report includes subsections covering each major action involving the judiciary's FY2020 budget request, including
the initial submission by the President of the judiciary's request on March 11, 2019; a hearing held on March 7, 2019, by the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee on the budget request for the U.S. Supreme Court; the House subcommittee markup on June 3, 2019; the House Appropriations Committee markup on June 11, 2019; passage by the House on June 26, 2019; the Senate subcommittee markup on September 17, 2019; the Senate Appropriations Committee markup on September 19, 2019; enactment of a continuing resolution on September 27, 2019 ( P.L.. The mandatory appropriations enacted for FY2020 totaled $705.5 million.. The subcommittee recommended a total of $7.42 billion in discretionary funds for the judiciary.. This account in the judiciary budget funds the operations of federal defender organizations responsible for providing representation to defendants financially unable to retain counsel in federal criminal proceedings.
Funds for the judicial branch are included annually in the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. The bill provides funding for the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. courts of appeals and district courts; the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; the Federal Judicial Center; the U.S. Sentencing Commission; federal defender organizations that provide legal representation to defendants financially unable to retain counsel in federal criminal proceedings; security and protective services for courthouses, judicial officers, and judicial employees; and fees and allowances paid to jurors.
The judiciary's FY2020 budget request of $8.29 billion was submitted to Congress on March 11, 2019. By law, the President includes, without change, the appropriations request submitted by the judiciary in the annual budget submission to Congress.
The FY2020 budget request included $7.62 billion in discretionary funds, representing a 5.1% increase over the FY2019 enacted level of $7.25 billion provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ( P.L. 116-6 ; February 15, 2019).
The FY2020 budget request also included $669.8 million in mandatory funds to pay the salaries and benefits of certain types of federal judges and to also provide for judicial retirement accounts.
The House Appropriations Committee held a markup ( H.R. 3351 ) on June 11, 2019, and recommended the judiciary receive a total of $7.51 billion in discretionary funds. The House passed H.R. 3351 on June 26, 2019. The Senate Appropriations Committee held a markup ( S. 2524 ) on September 19, 2019, and recommended the judiciary receive a total of $7.42 billion in discretionary funds.
The FSGG appropriations bill was not enacted prior to the beginning of FY2020 on October 1, 2019. Subsequently, the judiciary was funded through November 21, 2019, by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 ( P.L. 116-59 , September 27, 2019) and from November 22, 2019, through December 20, 2019, by the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 ( P.L. 116-69 , November 21, 2019).
Final FY2020 appropriations for the judiciary were included in the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act ( P.L. 116-93 ). Congress provided a total of $8.19 billion, with $7.49 billion in discretionary funds and $705.5 million in mandatory funds. The act passed the House on December 17, 2019, the Senate on December 19, 2019, and was signed by the President on December 20, 2019.
In recent years, appropriations for the judiciary have comprised approximately 0.2% of total budget authority.